Improvement in boot and shoe cleaners



G. P. ZIEGLER. Boot and Shoe Cleaner.

No. 210,072. Patented Nov. 19,1878.

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G. FREDERICK ZIEGLER, OF JERSEY OlTY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO DORAHAGEDORN, OF NE\V BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT AND SHOE CLEANERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,072, dated November19, 1878; application filed April 19, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. FREDERICK ZIEG- LER, of Jersey City, in thecounty of Hudson and'State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvementin Scrapers and Brushes for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is aspecification:

Brushers and scrapers have been constructed in such a manner as to actupon the bottom or sole of the shoe, and in some instances there havebeen side brushes for cleaning the edges of the sole, and other brushesfor the top of the shoe and for the toe.

My improvement is made with reference to combining the foot, side, top,and toe brushes ina removable frame, that is held in a bedplate orreceptacle, into which the dust and dirt are received, and thisreceptacle is part of a plate upon which a person stands while brushingthe boots or shoes. By this improvement the foot brush or scraper can belaid upon the carpet or in any convenient place, and does not require tobe attached, because the weight of the person keeps it in place, and anydust or dirt is received into the pan, and can be emptied out wheneverdesired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the foot brush orscraper, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

The plate to forms a platform, upon which the person using the footbrush or scraper stands. This plate is extended in the form of a pan orreceptacle for the dirt. b is the bottom, 0 the sides, and d the ends,of this pan, and there should be a cross-piece, e, beneath the pan, toraise the same slightly from the floor, as shown.

The brushes f for the bottom of the foot are made of bristles or theirequivalents, projecting upwardly from the wooden cross-pieces t,

that are united at their ends into the wooden yoke or bow it, that isadapted to set Within and between the flanges or sides 0 d of thedirt-pan.

In the side portions of the how it the bristles or equivalents projectto form the brushes k or said brushes may be in separate heads attachedto the bow h, and the toe-brush l is similarly attached.

The arch m extends across from side to side of the yoke or how h, and itis provided with tufts upon its under side.

The person using the scraper or brush stands upon the plate a, andbrushes the bottom, sides, top, and toe of the boot or shoe to whateverextent is necessary; and I remark that the row of brush-tufts at s aidsin cleaning the angle between the heel and the sole.

The frame composed of the cross-pieces t, yoke h, and arch m can belifted out of the dirt-pan whenever desired to remove from said pan anyaccumulation.

I claim as my invention- 1. The removable frame composed of thecross-pieces t, yoke h, and arch m, made removable from the metal pan 1)c d, in combination with the brushes f for the sole, It for sides of theshoe, the brushes 1 for the toe, and the brushes upon the arch m for thetop of the shoe, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the shoe scrapers or brushes, of the plate a,forming a platform and the dirt-pan thereof, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 17th day of April, A. D.

G. FREDK. ZIEGLER. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH.

